Data Management Planning: an introduction

Joy Davidson joy.davidson@glasgow.ac.uk

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Process and Compliance and the RCUK Policy: Funders’ Author Support Pages, Bill Hubbard, Director, Centre for Research Communications, University of Nottingham

ARMA Workshop on Research Outputs and Data4th March 2013

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Process and Compliance and the RCUK Policy: Funders’ Author Support Pages, Bill Hubbard, Director, Centre for Research Communications, University of Nottingham

ARMA Workshop on Research Outputs and Data, 4th March 2013

Data management plans – what do funders want?

Which funders have DMP requirements?

http://www.dcc.ac.uk/resources/policy-and-legal/overview-funders-data-policies

What do they want?

• What data will be created (format, types, volume)

• Standards and methodologies to be used (incl. metadata)

• How ethics and Intellectual Property will be addressed

• Plans for data sharing and access

• Strategy for long-term preservation

Researchers can select from funder templates,

institutional templates, and

discipline specific templates

These are sections that could draw upon boiler plate text developed by at the Research Group/School/College/Central levels

See DCC table for overview of funders’ requirements

Data review - researchers may need input from Library and/or Repository staff here

Researchers will need to complete this section

May need input from Ethics Committee or Data Protection Office here.

May need input from IP office or legal experts in the institution

Most funders have expectations about sharing data and when data should be made available.

http://www.dcc.ac.uk/resources/policy-and-legal/overview-funders-data-policies

Check DCC policy table for funder requirements

Researchers will need input from School/College/Central IT services for these sections.

Researchers will need input from School/College/Central IT services for these sections.

Check to see if there are external data centres that could be used

Researchers must decide what to keep to validate research publications and findings or what might have longer term value

Guidance on selection and appraisal

http://www.dcc.ac.uk/resources/how-guides

http://www.nerc.ac.uk/research/sites/data/documents/data-value-checklist.pdf

Funders may have data centres for deposit

http://www.dcc.ac.uk/resources/policy-and-legal/overview-funders-data-policies

Look for other data centres that may accept data

http://databib.org/

What will the University provide?

What additional costs need to be added in to the grant?

Once the project is funded

Update pre-award DMP with more detail

Include new grant identifier if necessary

The DCC offers guidance, examples and tools to help with compliance

http://www.dcc.ac.uk/resources/data-management-plans

Thanks!

Any questions?